Josephus Johnstone

Josephus Johnstone (died October 1722) was an officer of Great Britain's Royal Navy who was the captain of man-of-war HMS Odin.

== Biography =

Josephus Johnstone was appointed the captain of Royal Navy man-of-war HMS Odin, which carried wood, cloth, and sugar between Great Britain's colonies in the Caribbean and the Americas. In October 1722, Edward Kenway's pirate ship "Jackdaw" attacked his man-of-war audaciously and boarded it, and Johnstone was cut down in the melee battle near the wheel. Tripped by a pirate, he was stabbed through the chest by Kenway's two swords. His ship HMS Odin was added to Kenway's fleet, and Houston Clamp became the new commander of the ship as a pirate.